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Hamlet Had an Uncle: A Comedy of Honor is a Shakespearean satire by James Branch Cabell, first published in 1940. Cabell had incubated a Shakespeare satire for decades, and based his tale on the Saxo Grammaticus, an epic saga that recounts the story of the mythic Hamlet.

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The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK™ series celebrates Clark Ashton Smith with 17 of his classic fantasy & horror stories from WEIRD TALES and other sources! Included here are:<P> THE ABOMINATIONS OF YONDO<BR> THE THIRD EPISODE OF VATHEK<BR> THIRTEEN PHANTASMS<BR> THE CHARNEL GOD<BR> THE COLOSSUS OF YLOURGNE<BR> THE CHAIN OF AFORGOMON<BR> THE BLACK ABBOT OF PUTHUUM<BR> THE VOYAGE OF KING EUVORAN<BR> THE MAZE OF THE ENCHANTER<BR> THE DOUBLE SHADOW<BR> A NIGHT IN MALNEANT<BR> THE DEVOTEE OF EVIL<BR> THE WILLOW LANDSCAPE<BR> THE EMPIRE OF NECROMANCERS<BR> THE ENCHANTRESS OF SYLAIRE<BR> THE INVISIBLE CITY<BR> MOTHER OF TOADS<P> If you enjoy this volume of classic stories, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 240+ other entries in this series, including not just weird fiction, but mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror – and much, much more!

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"In the sulphurous The High Place, the amoral hero Florian enters the sleeping-beauty story and (unlike Jurgen with Helen) does not draw back at the sight of excessive beauty. Complications ensue: Beauty is realistically diminished during pregnancy, the first-born child is forfeit to Satan under the pact that guaranteed Florain's success, and an irascible saint is eager to call down holy fire on transgressors. Florian treads close to damnation and is saved only when Satan and the angel Michael conspire…" – The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

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The trail Mac found himself trying to follow was very cold. Another private detective – his friend Barry Henley – had been killed a year earlier in a fall from a tenth-story window, and the cops had written it off as accidental. But when Hensley's widow told Mac that several people had tried to get into her apartment under various pretexts; when Mac found she was being followed; and when the mug shot she picked out of the police department files proved to be that of a very tough egg, Whiskey Davis – suddenly Henley's death began to look like murder. Mac knew for sure when the next death couldn't have been accidental. A bomb that blows up car and driver when the ignition is turned is never anything but murder....<P> "Mac is one of our best private eyes." – San Francisco Chronicle<P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini<P> "More than one rub-out for private eye Mac to run through when a man with a well-minked wife is shot down by a police sergeant from Steel City, outside of Chicago. Exit also for an attorney, a safecracker and assorted others who are linked to the importance of teenage Marianne, the rehabilitation project of moneyman Lloyd, and a series of black-mailing pictures. Scrappy all the way." – Kirkus Reviews<P> "Mac has been called one of the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He is reluctant to use either his gun or his fists, but will do so when the situation demands it, or in self-defense; he doesn't merely solve his clients' cases, but provides moral support and sympathy as well; and perhaps most notable of all, Mac feels, and is not afraid to show itópain, loss, sorrow, loneliness." –thrillingdetective.com

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Mac didn't like bodyguard jobs. But he disliked kidnappers even more. So when Julian Porter, big shot movie producer, said, «Come to Hollywood, take care of my kid,» Mac left Chicago and went to Hollywood. Julie'd had a threatening letter about his daughter, Linda, age five. The note said, «We're going to grab her unless…» and then there was the usual talk of big money. So Mac set up 24-hour protection. He made it his business to find out about the people in Porter's household. He talked to the producer's young wife, who made a habit of swimming in the nude. He talked even more to Bernie Wolf, Julian's «Man Friday», who seemed to spend a great deal of time with Julian's wife Carol. And he met Julian's ex-wife, Linda's mother, who had begun to regret the divorce settlement and was hanging around Linda in a suspicious way. They all got on with Mac, but not with Julian Porter. In fact, Mac decided practically everyone around Julian had a reason to hate him and to want a piece of his talent and his money. And Linda was their biggest opportunity to cash in…<P> "Mac is one of our best private eyes." – San Francisco Chronicle<P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini<P> "Mac has been called one of the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He is reluctant to use either his gun or his fists, but will do so when the situation demands it, or in self-defense; he doesn't merely solve his clients' cases, but provides moral support and sympathy as well; and perhaps most notable of all, Mac feels, and is not afraid to show itópain, loss, sorrow, loneliness." –thrillingdetective.com

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Nobody knew the trouble she'd been in – until it caught up with her. And then it was murder!<P> "Mac is one of our best private eyes." – San Francisco Chronicle<P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini<P> "Mac has been called one of the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He is reluctant to use either his gun or his fists, but will do so when the situation demands it, or in self-defense; he doesn't merely solve his clients' cases, but provides moral support and sympathy as well; and perhaps most notable of all, Mac feels, and is not afraid to show itópain, loss, sorrow, loneliness." –thrillingdetective.com

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Thomas B. Dewey wrote four novels featuring Singer Batts, bibliophile and hotel owner. Singer prefers the company of his books and an occasional foray into the Lonely Hearts Club world. But he keeps getting embroiled in murders!<P> The Boston Herald called the first book «well paced and lively,» and The Saturday Review called it, «lively, lurid, and outspoken.» Author Dorothy Hughes said: «It's murder and mayhem and hold onto your hats. Amusing and amazing.»<P> And they’re a lot of fun. Here are:<P> HUE AND CRY<BR> AS GOOD AS DEAD<BR> MOURNING AFTER<BR> HANDLE WITH FEAR<P> If you enjoy this MEGAPACK™, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 240+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure, horror, westerns – and much, much more!

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"Dewey's story twists are fresh and the violence is realistic rather than sensational. Mac is one of our best private eyes and this adventure is honest and exciting." – San Francisco Chronicle<P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini<P> P.I.s are not easily surprised, but Mac was surprised. The girl was too lovely, the price she was willing to pay too high, and her story didn't ring true. But she was badly frightened, so Mac, ever the gentleman, agreed to take the case.<P> "Mac has been called one of the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He is reluctant to use either his gun or his fists, but will do so when the situation demands it, or in self-defense; he doesn't merely solve his clients' cases, but provides moral support and sympathy as well; and perhaps most notable of all, Mac feels, and is not afraid to show itópain, loss, sorrow, loneliness." –thrillingdetective.com

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"Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini<P> "Gripping, realistic, and compelling." – Chicago Sunday Tribune<P> It started with murder and ended with murder. Along the way there were muggings and dope and stolen cars and other assorted violences that might have been committed by juveniles. But this wasn't kid stuff. It became apparent that someone very ruthless was behind it all. That's when they decided to hire Mac.<P> "Mac has been called one of the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He is reluctant to use either his gun or his fists, but will do so when the situation demands it, or in self-defense; he doesn't merely solve his clients' cases, but provides moral support and sympathy as well; and perhaps most notable of all, Mac feels, and is not afraid to show itópain, loss, sorrow, loneliness." –thrillingdetective.com

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The definitive 10-volume set of Robert E. Howard's weird fiction and poetry (with all texts meticulously restored to the original versions as published in Weird Tales and other magazines) continues with volume 10! This collection of classic Howard fiction and poetry begins with the story «Pigeons from Hell» and includes: «The Last Hour,» «Ships,» «Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die,» «A Thunder of Trumpets,» «Recompense,» «The Ghost Kings,» «The King and the Oak,» «Desert Dawn,» «The Hills of Kandahar,» «Song at Midnight,» «Witch from Hell's Kitchen,» «But the Hills Were Ancient Then,» and «The One Black Stain.» Introduction, by Mark Finn. Cover by Stephen Fabian.

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